October nineteenth (tomorrow, for those playing at home ) in Falkensee, headlining a DAZN card. The vacant IBF super middleweight title will be on the line. Scull and Shishkin are ranked #1 and #2 respectively by the IBF. Somebody's zero has also got to go, along with the championship stakes. Time is a-wasting for both undefeated early-thirties contenders - hard to say if or when another opportunity like this will arise for the loser. The "home field" advantage of the German based Cuban is countered with a 1½" edge in height for the American based Russian. They have one common opponent: Siarhei Khamitski - lost to Shishkin via TKO7 in 2018 and via UD8 to Scull the following year.
Ahhhh. Vacant IBF. Somehow glossed over that. 160-168 are a mess and I don't follow those divisions like I used to. Glad he's finally getting his opportunity.